Show slapped by her majesty at the age of eighty sli six a scientist and electrician won it a fresh reputation by dellver delivering lug one of the wittiest and most entertaining after dinner speeches ever heard in the savoy hotel london writes henri pickard in the cincinnati enquirer this pioneer octogenarian was col C E crompton the faraday medallist medal list of 1022 who was accorded a complimentary dinner by admirers friends and colleague in IB a voice that could easily be heard throughout the large hall colonel crompton acknowledged the compliments paid him by telling some amusing stories of his early scientific days 1 I am about the only person who has ever been slapped by such a model of 0 dignity ns as queen victoria he declared that happened in 81 or 82 when I 1 introduced into windsor castle the type ot of lighting which you see fee in this room today of course it la Is common now but at that time it was n as a novelty iier her majesty said she had never seen anything like lt it before and promptly slapped my face but when other people admired the light she was very fair about it it when someone wanted to introduce me ine later queen victoria waved him aside with the remark this young man had bad the cheek to have his own way and his hl own way happened to be right I 1 |